It’s Getting To Know You Tuesday! Today’s guest is Kathy Howell, who works with the IRS in Oregon. 1. Where are you now? My office at IRS in Portland Oregon 2. What’s your official title and what does it mean? Senior Tax Specialist, good question 3. What books are on your night stand? Pub 17…
Walter C. Anderson’s failure to pay taxes finally caught up with him. And a botched plea agreement by the IRS potentially saved him millions of dollars. As previously reported, Anderson hid millions of dollars in personal income while reporting paltry sums on his income tax returns. To accomplish this, he created aliases and shell companies,…
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry got some good news this week, at a time when he could use it. A federal judge declined Thursday to revoke Barry’s probation, which would have resulted in prison time for tax charges. Barry had already pleaded guilty in 2005 to failing to file required tax returns from 1999 to…
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Here are some things that you probably didn’t know about Plainfield, NH: It was incorporated in 1761 before the US was officially “born.” There are active sightings of black bears in the area. Three of the largest employers in Plainfield are farms. There were, at last count, 2,490 residents. And here are some things that…
At least according to one of my colleagues across the pond. You can read the reaction to my post about being middle class in America at Tax the Fish.
The Senate finally wrapped up deliberations on the energy tax bill and took a vote. It passed – but without a lot of teeth in the earlier package. The most significant gutting of the bill came from mostly GOP Senators who were not inclined to tax big oil companies – despite popular outcry against earlier…
You can’t turn around this time of year without seeing caps and gowns all over the place – even on TV. My own alma mater, Meredith College, was recently featured on CBS for its 2007 Commencement. All of this news about graduation and college makes me think about my own children – and how I…
I filed my taxes today. Yeah, they are late. I almost always file with an extension because I’m so busy in April – I’m not recommending it, I’m just saying it happens. Anyhow, this year, it really hit me how much being middle class in American sucks. And as the words were coming out of…
Have a burning question for me and too timid to post it on the web? Prefer chatting instead? Ask the Taxgirl is going LIVE. For the first segment, the topic is going to be questions about independent contractors – you know, those of you who do work for someone else but not as an employee….